Anyone in the market for a new house?

[Morrus]

Ya, I don't think many in Europe realize just how much room there is here.

No, we realise. We have schools and maps and televisions and the internet and everything! And sometimes we even visit!

And did we didn't realise, you guys tell us frequently enough! And then trot out that "100 years in Europe, 100 miles in America" line, and then somebody recites that same anecdote about the European visitor they had who didn't understand you couldn't just drive to the next state in a couple of hours.

 

[Zaukrie]

No, we realise. We have schools and maps and televisions and the internet and everything! And sometimes we even visit!

And did we didn't realise, you guys tell us frequently enough! And then trot out that "100 years in Europe, 100 miles in America" line, and then somebody recites that same anecdote about the European visitor they had who didn't understand you couldn't just drive to the next state in a couple of hours.

Hey, I'd rather live there......if it weren't for family, I think we'd move.

As I said, though, even I'm baffled what you can buy in some ok/nice smaller cities/towns. Not so much places like this post is about, that doesn't surprise me at all. As for knowing what it is like in the country......A LOT of people in the US don't....A LOT.

As for visiting....I'd guess a lot less Europeans have come to the US than you'd think.

 

[turnip_farmer]

Wowzers. That's cheap! If I lived in the US, I'd be half tempted!

At first I thought 'What? Cheap?!'. But then I did a little bit of converting and realised it's only a little over triple what we paid for our 800 sq ft apartment....

 

[Morrus]

As for visiting....I'd guess a lot less Europeans have come to the US than you'd think.

Well that would depend on how many Europeans you think I think have visited the US.

 

[Morrus]

At first I thought 'What? Cheap?!'. But then I did a little bit of converting and realised it's only a little over triple what we paid for our 800 sq ft apartment....

It's not far off the value of our small terraced house.

 

[embee]

No, we realise. We have schools and maps and televisions and the internet and everything! And sometimes we even visit!

And did we didn't realise, you guys tell us frequently enough! And then trot out that "100 years in Europe, 100 miles in America" line, and then somebody recites that same anecdote about the European visitor they had who didn't understand you couldn't just drive to the next state in a couple of hours.

"America is big.

Really big.

You just won't believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to America."

 

[Zaukrie]

Mock all you want, most in the US don't really realize how big it is....and how truly empty it is.

 

[Umbran]

Well that would depend on how many Europeans you think I think have visited the US.

How many we think is less important than how many actually did it - and that's about 14.5 million in 2019.

 

[Morrus]

How many we think is less important than how many actually did it - and that's about 14.5 million in 2019.

That’s exactly what I thought.

 

[Umbran]

"America is big.

Really big.

Yes, but... Canada's Really Big.